Re: "Contempt" charges likely to increase

[Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>]

On Fri, 12 Apr 1996, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:

> From:	IN%"unicorn@schloss.li"  "Black Unicorn"  6-APR-1996 16:17:13.99
> 
> >I might add that the Cayman Islands are full of trust companies with 
> >provisions which forbid the disclosure of data to a client who is 
> >coerced.  A law on the books refuses to recognize "consent" orders made 
> >under judicial compulsion.  This would give the appearance of total 
> >unavailability of evidence and suggest the futility of contempt 
> >charges.  Yet courts have still, and with no small measure of success, 
> >imposed sanctions on witnesses so protected.
> 
> 	What measure of success? Getting the data, or locking up the witness?
> 	-Allen

Getting the data.  If the IRS or a private plaintiff wants it bad enough, 
they can usually get their hands on it, or at least find out where it is.

The government of the United States doesn't play "fair" when they want 
something.

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